The Damned Retrospective
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- From Punk to Goth to somewhere in between, this is The Damned Retrospective!
And yes, I am aware I made a mistake about Thatcher being in power in '77 when she wasn't elected until '79. I for some reason thought that her reign of terror started earlier than that. My apologies.
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Table of gothicness:
Intro: 0:00
Damned Damned Damned: 5:19
Music for Pleasure: 12:10
Machine Gun Etiquette: 17:16
The Black Album: 23:57
Strawberries: 32:45
Phantasmagoria: 43:32
Anything: 49:43
Not of This Earth: 55:23
Grave Disorder: 59:39
So, Who's Paranoid?: 1:04:21
Evil Spirits: 1:07:38
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And yes, I am aware I made a mistake about Thatcher being in power in '77 when she wasn't elected until '79. I for some reason thought that her reign of terror started earlier than that. My apologies.
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There is a cover on MGE as well . Its called looking at you .
Punk Rock in Great Britain started under one of the worst Labour governments of all time,they were ruining the country the same way they always do.
Indeed you did! It was `Sunny` Jim Callaghan and Labour taking the U.K to wreck & ruin in 76/77.
The Damned aren't just the greatest UK punk group, but also one of the all-time best rock 'n' roll bands. Rat Scabies drumming was Keith Moon on speed, and Vanian's vocals and image was simply brilliant. The guitar playing of Captain Sensible (and earlier Brian James) was/is phenomenal. And the songs...It's very unfortunate that the band members have had such chaotic personal relationships and that the band never received the profound rock recognition they deserved. In '93, I was a 12 year old kid in Wisconsin. On a school trip to Madison, WI I picked up "Skip Off School To See the Damned: Stiff Singles A's & B's" and it changed my life...I will forever be indebted to the Damned and as far as I'm concerned "Machine Gun Etiquette", "The Black Album", and "Strawberries" are amongst the finest records of the dawn of the 80s and are to the present basically timeless...
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Great retrospective of a great band. At last, someone acknowledges that Captain Sensible isn't just a comedy novelty act. He's one of the greatest guitarists ever to walk this planet.
Maybe the best punk band, yet for some reason they always get underrated, great to see them getting some love/respect.
No maybe about it.
One of the best bands, period!
One last thought. I saw them in the late 90's with Vanian, Sensible, Monty, Patricia, and Pinch. I'm handicapped, but despite my wife's warnings, I got into the mosh pit. I nearly got stomped to death. I laughed and said, "I'm going to die listening to Captain Sensible!"
Where did you see them?
Dave’s voice to me was always the most consistently excellent voice in U.K. punk, rock, and every other style they sported. It’s rare that any other band kept growing from that period. They were the best at covering 60’s tunes and also keeping their sound fresh with a never ending roster of cool original music. While the the Pistols and Clash were perhaps held as the Titans, the Damned were able to outlast them.
the stranglers tick those boxes too
Who was the guy who was a big fan of Vanian and they sound somewhat close with baritone voices? Dave Gahan of Depeche Mode. He has said that Dave Vanian was a big influence.
And did you hear? Announced today: after 25 years, the original/classic Damned lineup have reunited!
I saw that. Did not see it coming.
I’m seeing them in Glasgow!
I'm seeing them!
@@bridges4232 I'm in the US and want to come to the UK for at least 1 maybe 2 shows. Are they allowing concerts now? What does it look like for the july dates? Thanks!
@@BubbleheadDiver the vaccines are getting rolled out decently, so if you stay safe you might get to see them.
I really want to thank you for this damned retro !!!! As an old English punk rocker your love for this band fills me with joy!!!! Thanx!!!!
Excellent retrospective. I love The Damned from "I Fall" and "Born To Kill" to "Curtain Call" and "Sanctum Sanctorum". Stuff like "Just Can't Be Happy Today" and "Disco Man" are just brilliant. This band is the most exciting and entertaining punk band of all time.
They are legends of rock and it is credit to people like you that they get some of the attention they deserve. Superb work.
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This was brilliant! 4 stars! I've been a fan since 1980 till today. I'm a New Yorker that seen them in CBGB's to clubs like the Ritz for the Phantasmagoria tour at the Ritz in 85. In 89 I was in a band that covered alot of the Damned. It was odd that so many people thought we were doing originals. Bar crowds in NYC or NJ had no clue about the Damned. My fave story is seeing them on the Young Ones. We videotaped it on VHS. We all sat down around the t.v. with a remote and learned that song in a few views. We hit the basement and we added that to our set list. The Damned would be a part of the sound track to my life. They meant that much! I thank you for producing a solid, pure look into the Damned's history. One thing left out is the fact they made it to Madison Square Garden in NYC with The Misfits. I was damn proud to see my favorite, longest going , influential punk band get an arena spotlight! Keep up the great work amigo. I still have my tix stubs from 84 on for the Damned!
New Rose was released during the Labour government. Thatcher didn't start her first term of office until 1979. The country was crippled by strikes and ever rising unemployment at the time.
Huh interesting. Well, my point about England being trash at thst point still stands.
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Glad you enjoyed it.
New rose released 1976
@@jonblazeinc I think it is generally well known and documented when New Rose was released.
Love The Damned seen them live more than any other band, well over a hundred times.
The 40th anniversary tour was incredible
Nice one mate, l stopped counting @ 50
The Damned... Soundtrack to my life, thanks lads for that.
You must have some cracking photos ?
@@koont666 I remember once going backstage to talk to Dave and Roman while they in the midst of a Phantom Chords tour. Top-Tier guys
As huge Damned fan I must admit you did a real great job ! Bravissimo !
Thanks
I'm a 50 yr old who's loved their music since i was 14. Every album has had a period of being the most played album. It also took me 30 yrs to realize Machine Gun Etiquette's musical variety made it the most punk album they released and their best album (not one bad song). I heard no mention about Burglar, Suicide, Torture. All fine songs where the band captured the emotion and the moods behind the lyrics through their playing. I'd be keen to read your thoughts.
I'm not even a massive Damned fan and I was rivetted by this excellent commentary . Saw them in Australia in '87 (?). Whole band had hair down to their waists, dressed very plain ,and sounded almost metal. It was a bit of a shock .
I love Anything, actually. Some of my all time favorite Damned tunes on there - In Dulce, Psychomania, and Tightrope Walk for example. In Dulce may even tie with "Under the Floor" as my very favorite Damned tune. I actually enjoy it all, though.
A true Damned enthusiast!
I liked everything from 76 to 86. I saw songs like Restless, Anything Is Better Than This ( original title) and In Dulce Decorum premiered at a 10th anniversary gig in London. My only complaint was there was no studio version of LA Woman released as they loved doing that one live. And these guys played LOUD.
@@Kelly14UK They are extremely fun to go see. My first Damned show was probably in 98 or so. Theyve been excellent every time Ive seen them. Aroumd a dozen times I guess. They could still record that studio version of LA Woman! Leave them a commemt on their channel. The Captain runs it! Ill sulport that cause all day!
I like Anything, the major criticism from me is how slight it is. 9 tracks, 1 cover, 1 piano piece. I like the 7 original tracks though, I know they were rushed.
My favourite band ever I really wish I could've seen captain sensible in his prime, he's who inspired me to get into music. I discovered his music when I was 8, now I'm 17.
Live he makes a lot less mistakes than he did 40 years ago
He's a lunatic.
He’s in his prime now!
Thank you for this man!, my love for the damned has no boundaries
I just finish watching The Damned documentary (here on TH-cam) "Don't You Wish We Were Dead" and the best part came near the end, in which former drummer Rat Scabies was asked what was the legacy of The Damned and he believed that the band was never accepted. That is quite telling considering that everybody in the world (including me) feels that they don't get respect; and there were British groups in the 1970's and 80's (Japan, The Slits, and of course The Sex Pistols) that were of perfect exception.
Seemed to forget Captain's single for Crass during the solo bit. That was important because it linked the side of punk that had become Oi! as it's fans had a lot of respect for The Damned, with the politics of Crass releases, which was a bone of contention. Good record, too.
Crass weren't an Oi band
As good as Brian was at songwriting, him leaving was the best thing that could've happened to the band. Machine Gun Etiquette is one of the best punk albums ever made
Agree
It's good. But I'm not sure how punk rock it is.
@@ashbowen6551Sounds pretty punk to me
I just can't be happy today 😂😂😂
Church organ music... These Hands?
Nah not punk at all 👎👎
@@gmantramp404 Is punk not about breaking conventions? Go listen to Sex Pistols then
Good job! I really enjoyed this.
Saw The Damned numerous times 79 - 84.
Caught up with them a couple of years ago and they can still tear the place up.
A fantastic peice of work .... a must see for all Damned fans and most music fans in general nice one 👍
Glad you enjoyed it.
dam dude, this was one of the greatest docs on the Damned ever. you really did your research.. we all appreciate it. I was born winning the decade lottery. 1-0 in the 70's, 11-21 in the 80's. Discovered hardcore in the "minor threat" days.. angry samoans, RKL, Angry samoans, circle jerks, etc. I used to watch "the young ones" and they featured "the damned-video nasty" and I blew up inside. I was so melodic and I could hear the internals of what the damned were. Went through all the albums and unlike many fans of their earlier work, I really REALLY like phantasmagoria. To me it was still the damned, but like on an acid trip. The core load bearing structure of the groups emotion was still there. sometimes a little sappy but it was for a different side of me. played that album to the core. They came to my town somewhere in the mid-late 80s. I was prepared to see a stage covered in fog and vanian in a dark long coat and candleobras on the stage. They just bran sensible back and it was a hardcore true to their core show. I was blown away. They sounded so good and SO tight. managed to see them in LA bout 7 years ago and it was amazing. show was so amazingly tight. They wrapped the show but for the encore played video nasty and a force took me over and like some caffeinated zombie I landed in the skank pit. Lost a shoe and my glasses but boy, what a ride home that was. glad we have these memories. life is short.. be kind to each other
Great Retrospective!.I’ve met all of the Damned.sweetest bunch of people especially Vanian,.had a couple conversations with the Gentleman Vampire.GodBless The Damned.☠️🖤🤘🏼X
So glad I listened to this. I heard a song on an 80s Twitch DJ livestream and I was like, "What is that? I remember that." I immediately forgot, got mixed up and listened to all kinds of 70s-80s band documentaries with no luck. When youtube recommended this for me, a bell rang in my head. After 51 minutes, I heard it. Alone Again Or. I thought it sounded like conquistadors, lol, what do I know. But now I will not forget. Thanks. All I knew of The Damned was when there were on the Young Ones. This probably took a lot of work to put together.
Met Captain and the Late Great Bryn ( Bryn wasn't on stage but in the audience suffering from the cancer, I bought a pint ) at a gig in Bristol. It great to see the soundtrack of your life especially your teenage days. Bryn may you pogo in peace.
Currently 37 and the Damned have been my favorite band since I was 18ish. Seen them live more times I can remember lol.
This was a great watch thanks for putting it together, one of my all time fave bands and I've seen them many times. Oddly enough, like the guy underneath this comment my favourite Damned SINGLE is Anything.. go fugure. But I did later become wrapped up in the whole English Goth thing along with the Mission, Sisters etc.
Great retrospective my man! they are my all time fav group and you detailed they're work fantastically.
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Great job mate, an excellent retrospective.
To Damned fans everywhere keep on keeping on!!
I'm back. I love what a good bro Rat is. All encouraging Dave's songwriting. Rat is so clutch as a person and as a drummer of course. So glad he's back.
Thank you so much for posting this.
The Damned and Siouxsie And The Banshees are my two favourite bands from the UK Punk scene of the late 1970's, and I always felt like The Damned never really received the credit they deserved, people always talk about the Clash or the Pistols and it seems like the Damned are an afterthought which is unfair. Damned Damned Damned, is a great debut album and while I was never that keen on Strawberries then there was Machine Gun Etiquette which I think was their best early album. To this day they continue to make interesting music.
Thanks. I never paid attention to them back when but they've grown on me, and this is a really thorough history for us latecomers.
The live set on The Black Album might be redundant but it rips, it’s one of the best live sets ever recorded.
Great video and a good insight into the brilliant band that are the Damned. I've been a fan since 1977 when I was 15. And only got to see them for the first time 3 years ago, still awesome.
Excellent video. Having been a Damned fan since the 70's I do feel like a lot of people that they were slightly overlooked compared to say the Sex Pistols and The Clash at the time and were treat as outsiders (a bit like The Stranglers) for not towing the (punk) line. But like The Clash they were not afraid to experiment and evolve musically, which is probably why they've enjoyed such longevity.
I’m so excited to watch this
I caught them on tour last year when they performed the 40th anniversary show
Brilliant video James. They are also my all time favourite band too! (Wendy)
This video was really needed, you go deeper into the band, and that is interesting.
Excellent retrospective! My favourite band by far, continually trying new things yet always recognisable.
The Damned have given me huge pleasure over the last 35 years!
Desperately want to see one more live concert!
Is she really going out with him..............
You speak truth. Few bands have as many good songs as The Damned. One of the best bands. One of the best for me. So the gig in Finland was the best for me.
Started rereading Carol Clerk's Biography so this was a great companion. Thanks for the on the target evaluation.
Seen them in 1988, no Capt.but they played a cover of LA Woman! Really enjoyed your retrospective, thanks to you!
Thanks for this detailed and thoughtful review of their complete discography. I'm going to see them next month (Japan Tour 2024) and now I really feel like I'll go in knowing what to listen for!
Great, great work. You gave them the praise they so deserve.
A great and thoroughly thorough retrospective! Great job!
Enjoyed this, thanks. I really loved the Black Album when it was released. Played it to death. Remains my fave, just ahead of MGE.
Pretty solid video, I always wanted to know more about these guys since I noticed they cross different genres but I didn't feel like reading the whole wiki article about them.
I like Damned Damned Damned and now I know I should check out Machine Gun Etiquette.
The second studio album has some good songs on it but was poorly produced in my opinion.
Thank you so much for putting this together. I thoroughly enjoyed it 😎
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Watched the whole thing, nice job! Would be great to see you interview Captian or Dave!
If only!
Thank You for making a great video about one of my favorite bands.
Thanks! I've loved the Damned since first seeing them on MTV "back in the day". Meeting Cap'n was a highlight several years ago :) BTW: huge Ramones fan, met them and couldn't even talk ha ha. Gabba Gabba Hey!
Thanks for the kind words and the super thanks!
You forger ''lookin'for action ''...!!! So terrific and génious song. ..!!!!
I was just looking for someone doing a retrospective of The Damned and came across your video. I really dig your production on this video. Subscribed!
Hey there, I just caught The Damned in Melbourne, 37 years after I first saw them when I was 15. Didn't expect to get so emotional, but damn they are an awesome outfit. I know it's been a while since you did your retrospective on them, but I wanted to say thanks and well done. It was so nice to listen to a true aficionado who didn't just trawl out the same old shit about the band. Cheers to you!
Thanks for the kind words, and I think we were at the same show!
this is a great episode. thanks for your insight on one great band.
I always thought the move into goth was a mistake, but those 80s tracks have really grown on me. I think Machine Gun Etiquette was the bands peak though. Thanks for this retrospective, sir. Learnt loads of stuff I didn't know.
Thanks for doing this, its a crime how little they get retrospectives, also this 2:00
They came out to Australia this year and I can tell you right now that Captain is God tier on the guitar. He needs to feature in the greatest guitarist conversations way more than he is. The band absolutely crushed it.. so much energy and intensity. Rat played really well but you could tell he was right up on the edge of his ability.. age isn’t kind to drummers and singers. They’re the Beatles of punk rock. Oh and also I love paranoid. I think it’s a cracking album
Thanks, some respect for my all-time favourite band!!!
Really good job.
Curse of The Damned for you though as reunion shows announced very soon after this.
Yeah its quite ironic lol
Great work! Very in depth.
Machine Gun Etiquette is the template for future punk rock bands.
This is great good job. Oddly enough it was their cover of Alone Again Or that got me listening to them...
Me too, great song and video.
thank you for this! brilliant!
Listening and watching this now., this is such a great and super in depth retrospective, you did an AWESOME fucking job, thank you sooo much. I’m so in love with this band
Very well done, really thorough and engaging and much more accurate than a lot of the news coverage of the reunion!
You're wrong about Anything, though... (-;
incredible job, a lot of hard work went into producing this video, well done.
Much appreciated!
Just really great. . . . awe. . . . I needed that.
The debut album Damned Damned Damned is the band not being afraid to wear there influences on thrre sleeves in the form of The Stooges, MC5 a little bit of 60's rock with hell for leather playing on every instrument and Daves great vocals. There later work showed just how much they had grown as a band. This was ana amazing look at a band that has pride of place in my record collection
Enjoyed this, the damned were always my favourites. I first heard them New Year 1976/77. A freind had the single, when I heard it I fell in love. One slight correction. Thatcher was 4 years away when the Damned released New Rose. It was a grim time though
I'm half way through and I'm loving this video. The Black Album is a classic, Strawberries is up there too as well as their newest album, Darkadelic.
bro- that was awesome! thank you!
The Reformation gigs with sensible and James were among the best Damned gigs I've seen in the 40 odd decades I've been to see them.
Thanks man, really enjoyed that.
I love the damed great video keep em coming 🤘
Obsessed with Dave Vanian! This band is highly underrated.
I've been a huge fan since i first heard plan 9 right after it had come out. At the time i was 11 and loved all music that sounded good to me. Didnt take long before i caught shit for liking punk. I grew up way out in the country on a farm, so the highlight of the week was friday night and going to the mall, its all any young kid had and the only record store within an hour. Somehow they had a great punk collection mixed in with everything. Once i bought Machine Gun Etiquette, it was on. Fantstic retrospective. I have to admit, i usually dont watch retrospective when o see some cat and a mic since it ends up 55 minutes of his opinions and 5 minutes of footage. Good work.
Between 1974 and 1979 when the punk movement came to fruition, GB was ruled by labour leader Harold Wilson, from 1974 until 1976. And then by labour leader James Callaghan from 1976 to 1979. Now, as a Dutchman I have no bone in the political fights in the UK.
But Britain was not ‘a hellhole that was Thatcher England’ when the first Damned single or album were released.
But ‘a hellhole that was labour England since 1974’. Just saying.
Oh, and I love The Damned. I saw them live on Friday 14 October 1977 at the Effenaar in Eindhoven. Absolutely fantastic.
Strawberries! Their masterpiece. Yes, there were brilliant singles on all the LPs that preceded it, but Strawberries was cohesive and well-written the whole way through.
Quality mate, great job 👏👏
FYI there seems to be a Cpt. Sensible release that you have missed, it was released under the Crass label and is an E.P. called 'This is your Captain Speaking. It is his first collaboration with 'the dolly mixtures' and is by far his best solo stuff, enjoy 😁
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Brilliant .. pretty much spot on ......now one for killing Joke.
Music to 'Fish' was co-written with Tony James, Machine Gun etiquette DOES include a cover 'Looking At You' (MC5).
Great Job, buddy. Thanks a Lot. See ya in Appollo 2022
Love your work
Going to see the Boys in 3 weeks so doing my homework!!
Awesomeness!
Great vid, thanks for the effort, you know your stuff. I've loved these guys since the begining and you packed in a lot in a just over an hour. Agree that MGE is probably tops, I also love The Black Album which was important to my life at the time. One thing that also comes to mind is that they've done some fantastic cover versions, many of them better than the originals, they should really do a covers album just for fun. BTW, The Rockfield Files was topping the download chart yesterday!
Glad you enjoyed it.
@@ScoopedMids MGE Looking at you is a cover of a MC5 song but yes it is up there with the greatest albums ever.
@@ScoopedMids Smash it up part 1 is a tribute to Marc Bolan of T-Rex, he had been killed in a car crash, he gave them their 'big break' when he took them on the road as a support act.
Great reviews 😎
great overview, my friend,
good work, enjoyed that - cheers 😎
God damn dude, just found you off of listening to the podcast No Dogs in Space do a 3-parter on the Damned. This was awesome, love your takes.
This is a brilliant video
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Oh my gosh!!! I just found one of my photos in your documentary!!! At 43:18 - I took that photo of Roman!! Yep ,a bunch of my photos actually appear in their book the Light at the End of the Tunnel....I made a video about how this happened, as well as other videos with my film photographs I took of the band in London and the us over fhe years. You must have found this one on flickr on my 'pixel dust' pages!! Yep that's me, Penny!
Gees well done mate.
Great stuff!!
Legends!
Awesome deep dive 😈🐈⬛🎭🥀
New rose for me is the best punk song of all time. First heard it when I was 15 and still have it in my collection.
A very well researched documentary. 👍